Baked Goat Cheese Pasta Dish | My Version Of The Famous TikTok Pasta

cheddar cheese

🥗Healthier: reduced-fat cheddar

💰Cheaper: processed cheese

Reduced-fat cheddar lowers calories without sacrificing flavor.

mozzarella cheese

🥗Healthier: part-skim mozzarella

💰Cheaper: string cheese

Part-skim mozzarella has less fat while maintaining texture.

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grated pecorino

Nutritional yeast provides a cheesy flavor with fewer calories.

butter

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Olive oil is healthier and can replace butter in baking.

Wash the tomatoes and get them ready.

Grab a glass baking dish and add in the tomatoes.

Drizzle olive oil over the tomatoes.

Smash 3 cloves of garlic into smaller pieces and throw them in with the tomatoes.

Drizzle a little more olive oil on top of the tomatoes and garlic.

Push the tomatoes to the side to make room for the cheese.

Add the goat cheese in the center of the baking dish.

Drizzle olive oil over the goat cheese.

Season the goat cheese with salt, pepper, and Italian seasoning (no measurements given).

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit for approximately 35 minutes.

While the cheese and tomatoes bake, prepare the pasta by seasoning the water with salt and adding the penne noodles.

Once the pasta is cooked, let it sit for a bit.

After about 35 minutes, check the baking dish; the cheese should be melted and the tomatoes looking delicious.

Add the cooked pasta to the baking dish along with chopped kale.

Season the pasta mixture with more salt, pepper, and a dash of Italian seasoning.

Mix everything together until well combined.

Drizzle honey on top of the dish as a special optional ingredient.

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